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General Fandom

Champagne From a Slipper: When Fandom Was Acceptably Male: Veronica Horwell (blog) - "Now, I care too much about popular theatre in Europe and America, especially in the 19th century, and the way it merged into early cinema, and so I see those stories about Valentino devotees as a transition, when the exuberant behaviour of fans became contemptible, not because those fans were fans, but because they were female, mostly young at that, and therefore deemed risible in themselves. For more than a century before that, fandom and its familiar practices had been male. And there hadn't been a lot of mocking going on."

topic:fandom, topic:history

Stop applauding actresses who 'go ugly' for a movie role: EJ Dickson (blog) - "In all honesty, however, the trailer for Cake is far less interesting than the response to it online, where bloggers and commenters are applauding Aniston for her "shocking" "transformation" into her role—which, if the trailer is any indication, basically involved her wearing the wrong shade of foundation and not washing her hair for a few days."

topic:femalecharacter

Why the Internet won't shut up and let you enjoy 'Love Actually': Danielle Chilton (blog) - "With the return of the Christmas season, you know what that means—time to dig out your copy of Love Actually! Except in the Internet age, to enjoy Love Actually means you also have to hate it."

topic:misogyny, topic:criticism

Chatty December: Lady Alphas: recessional (DW) - "This, many have observed, makes putting women in these verses and trying to hit the same kinds of things . . . more or less as difficult as negotiating these assumptions in our own patriarchal societies, except times fifty or so. Some people have still tried to do it, which is extremely brave of them!"

topic:femalecharacter, topic:sexuality

Recentring: beccaelizabeth (DW) - "I understand wanting your OTP to be the center of the universe"

topic:slash, topic:femalecharacter, topic:writing

Specific Fandoms

The Addams Family
Throwback Thursdays: Addams Family Values: Lady Geek Girl (blog) - "Addams Family Values is my favorite Thanksgiving movie because the movie is very clear in its message that Thanksgiving is a bullshit imperialist holiday."

fandom:theaddamsfamily

Alien: Isolation
Microreview [video game]: Alien: Isolation: brian (blog) - "(Almost) Perfect organism."

topic:videogames

Arrow
The Strength of Arrow's Laurel Lance and Other Women of Television: Ally Johnson (blog) - "It has been a wonderful season for women in television despite how lackluster it's been for them in film, and for evidence you need to look no further than Laurel Lance on the CW's Arrow. "

fandom:arrow, topic:television, topic:femalecharacter

Arrow Metas: PracticallyPoignant (AO3) - "I've decided to write a semi-meta on the significance of the music in four Olicity scenes. Music is important, because melodies and "themes" tell you what's really happening. While what you see on screen can be deceptive, music never betrays you."

fandom:arrow, topic:music

Doctor Who
The Changing Style of Doctor Who VIII: Myth Making: daniel_saunders (LJ) - "In 1977 new producer Graham Williams inherited a show that was a great success in terms of ratings, audience approval and critical acclaim, but his time on the show would be defined by crises."

fandom:doctorwho, topic:history

Dragon Age: Inquisition
Your groundbreaking is not my groundbreaking: N.K. Jemisin (blog) - "So why did such a simple thing — just customization; just hair, just skin — kill my enthusiasm so powerfully? Because being treated as abnormal destroys the ability to immerse in a thing. Kinda fucks up all the fun, too."

fandom:dragonage

The Fall
No, Gillian Anderson's The Fall Is Not Just "Classy Misogyny": Sarah Arboleda (blog) - "Her argument is that critics overlook the show's sexist overtones because it has great writing, acting and cinematography — but that, ultimately, the show is a celebration of the exploitation, rape and murder of women. Allow me to disagree."

fandom:thefall, topic:sexism

If You Want To Know Whether Something's Misogynist, Ask A Woman First: Or, Why "The Fall" Is Not The Most Repulsive Show On Television: PlaidAdder (AO3) - "My impression of the Daily Mail is that it's not anyone's go-to rag for incisive cultural criticism. Still, I found Christopher Stevens's hysterical rejection of The Fall's first season interesting, in part because it's almost a photographic negative of my own reaction to it. And because I think it bears out the old saying: "When a man tells you something is misogynist, it's probably not."

fandom:thefall, topc:sexism

Forgotten Realms
Sexualized Saturdays: On the Tragic Shortage of Queer Elves: pantydragon (blog) - "Like many of its high fantasy brethren, The Legend of Drizzt is hardly a good example of inclusiveness in media."

fandom:forgottenrealms

Heaven's Gate trilogy
Microreview [book]: For A Few Souls More by Guy Adams: English Scribbler (blog) - "In short, strap on your boots, pull up your scarf and kick your heels, because this crazy trilogy is well worth a read."

fandom:literature

Horrible Bosses
The despicable rape jokes in 'Horrible Bosses 2' are everyone's problem: Nico Lang (blog) - "In a post for Feministing, Kate remarks that the audience she saw Horrible Bosses with laughed hysterically, even as Dale insists that he would prefer to work in a "rape-free environment.""

fandom:horriblebosses

The Hunger Games
Re: Ask Meme: fail-fandomanon (DW) - "I keep seeing people claim that Katniss is whitewashed in the Hunger Games films, and it puzzles me."

fandom:hungergames, topic:race

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Dennis Reynolds, Queerness, and Toxic Masculinity: biohazardgirl (AO3) - "As valid as concerns about this are, Dennis is unique as a queer antihero in that his deviance does not arise from his queerness. Rather, his deviance comes from the toxic male values he was raised on that promised to fulfill him and instead left him feeling empty inside."

fandom:itsalwayssunnyinphiladelphia, topic:queer

Jurassic Park
'Jurassic Park' is way more racist than you remember: Ramon Ramirez (blog) - "It was such blockbuster fun that I bet you didn't notice something else: the institutional racism."

fandom:jurassicpark, topic:racism

'Jurassic World' has bigger problems than mutant dinosaurs: Dan Marcus (blog) - "In next summer's Jurassic World—the fourth installment in the Jurassic Park franchise—the trailer opens up with the premise that twenty years after the events of the first movie, nobody learned a single thing since dinosaurs broke free from Dr. John Hammond's proposed theme park and wreaked havoc on Jeff Goldblum (and others)."

fandom:jurassicpark

People Are Already Mad at Jurassic World's Inaccurate Science, so What Else Is New?: Dan Van Winkle (blog) - "Bringing scientific discussion to a movie whose plot depends largely on science is great and all, but there's a difference between enlightening people and making snarky remarks about a movie that isn't even out yet."

fandom:jurassicpark, topic:science

: Michael McFall (blog) - "Here's what "Jurassic World" seems to get right, and wrong, about what one day could become our scaly, murderous overlords."

fandom:jurassicpark, topic:science

Marvel Comics
Untitled: crankyredhead (tumblr) - "There's a lot of talk about the fact that Hawkeye is canonically deaf in the comics (and uses hearing aids), but there's rarely any mention of how this happened."

fandom:marvelcomics

The Psychology of Inspirational Women: Storm: Dr. Janina Scarlet (blog) - "This is the first in our new Psychology of Inspirational Women series, in which Licensed Clinical Psychologist Dr. Janina Scarlet talks us through the mindset of our favorite female characters."

fandom:x-men, fandom:marvelcomics

Once Upon A time
Once Upon A Time In Conversation: "Fall": Victoria McNally (and others) (blog) - "What did you think of last night's episode (especially another Disney "thing" making its way into Once canon)? Sound off in the comments below!"

fandom:onceuponatime

Peter Pan
This new photo of Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily is terrible PR for 'Pan': Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (blog) - "The first images from the new Peter Pan reboot were published yesterday and, oh boy, does Hugh Jackman look badass in his Blackbeard costume. Amongst photos of pirates and flying ships, the poster of Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily almost slipped under the radar."

fandom:peterpan, topic:racism

A Song of Ice and Fire
Chapter-by-Chapter Analysis: Tyrion V, ACOK: Steven Attewell (blog) - detailed analysis of ASOIAF

fandom:asoiaf

Boiled Leather Audio Hour Episode 35: Boiled Leather Audio Hour (podcast) - "Since no one episode, and no two hosts, could contain The World of Ice and Fire, Sean and I have tapped Race for the Iron Throne's Steven Attewell and A Podcast of Ice and Fire's Amin Javadi to join in the discussion of George R.R. Martin, Elio M. García Jr., and Linda Antonsson's seemingly inexhaustible world book."

fandom:asoiaf

Star Wars
Hyperspace Theories Episode Three: Kathleen Kennedy Awakens the Force: Hyperspace Theories (podcast) - "The theme of our third episode of Hyperspace Theories centers around the newly revealed title of Episode VII, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and the storytelling and speculation ideas the title raises."

fandom:starwars

The Force Awakens Reaction Special: Hyperspace Theories - Episode 3.x: Hyperspace Theories (podcast) - "Days after we recorded our third episode of Hyperspace Theories, Lucasfilm released the first official teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Although it's only 88 seconds long with seven instances of visual imagery from Episode VII, it already generated a bunch of storytelling and speculation ideas for Tricia, B.J., and Kay."

fandom:starwars

Fangirls Going Rogue Fan-tastic Feedback Show: Fangirls Going Rogue (podcast) - "On this month's episode of Fangirls Going Rogue, Teresa Delgado and Tricia Barr share listener voicemails and emails, plus congratulatory messages from our fellow podcasters for our first year anniversary. Teresa and Tricia take a look back at our earliest plans and what they achieved. Thanks to Teresa literally chasing down Mary Franklin at Star Wars Weekends, they nabbed their dream interview going into the year."

fandom:starwars

The craziest 'Star Wars' teaser trailer fan theories: Eric Geller (blog) - "To say that the release of the teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was a seismic event in geek culture does not do justice to the magnitude of the moment."

fandom:starwars

Superman
Superman and Atticus Finch: Donovan Grant (blog) - "Bring up a costumed crime fighter to an average person who doesn't read comics, and they'll imagine someone in a goofy suit with powers stopping a bank robber with an equally goofy suit and powers, with a silly name to go along with it. Hardly ever does a comic hero's adventures address social injustice, and when they do it's always presented ostentatiously. In this context, Superman's roots as a fighter for social justice have been obscured, though not lost entirely."

fandom:dccomics

Supernatural
Resurrection: A Gift or a Curse for One Fallen Angel: infiniteworld8 (AO3) - "What makes Castiel deserving of resurrection? Is it a punishment or a gift?"

fandom:supernatural, topic:resurrection

Witches of East End
The Rise and Fall of Witches of East End: polyglotpisces (blog) - "As it's the story of another close-knit, female-led dynasty of witches, Witches of East End was bound to draw a lot of comparisons with Charmed."

fandom:witchesofeastend

Wonder Woman
Hey, Kids! Comics! Wonder Woman #36: Molly Jane Kremer (blog) - "Because of this, for a long, long time I've been able to rely on each successive issue of Wonder Woman to be an enjoyable read. But, as even a demi-god must learn, all things must come to an end."

topic:sexism, fandom:dccomics